Spring23 Onboarding

Add your name to the team’s website through a pull request here
Request access to gablab slack, look for workspace Gablab, request access, once you have joined, search for channel #satralab

These are optional. You can attend remotely or in person.
Sensein group meetings (PI: Satra Ghosh): Tuesdays from 1-3pm in rm 46-5165, zoom link. Schedule is here. More relevent meeting
Gablab group meetings (PI: John Gabrieli): Fridays from 12-1pm in rm 46-5193, zoom link

10-12 hours per week (daily schedule is up to you)
Weekly updates on Friday mornings detailing (bullet point list): what you’ve done, what you’re planning, any questions/blockers - can send via slack or email.
You can work in-person (46-5094) or remotely, whichever you prefer.
Bimonthly meetings (or weekly if you prefer) - could do one hour meetings every two weeks or 30 min meetings every week
End of semester write-up: present summary of what you researched at the end of the semester
Fill out mentorship agreement within 15 days of starting

Doing Research

Shell, git and other useful skills: https://missing.csail.mit.edu/
python, stats, machine learning, deep learning, nlp: Daniel’s resources here
For tips on writing a good research paper (should also be helpful in reading papers too), see Mensch & Kording’s paper.
For guidelines on how to quickly and efficiently read a research paper
questions you can ask yourself as you’re reading a paper

Request openmind account + do course to get access and post certificate on OpenMind github
- Account Request Example: Attn @s-b,@djarecka: “maedbh maedbh@mit.edu” PI: Satrajit Ghosh
- Verify which groups you’re part of on openmind by typing groups: you should see om_sig and gablab. om_sig is Satra Ghosh’s group and gablab is John Gabrieli’s group.
Follow instructions on openmind setup for getting starting on openmind (bash scripts etc.)
- openmind website: this provides generic pointers to various elements of openmind, the link to FAQs is particularly useful.